Chan Chan

American  

[chahn chahn] / ˈtʃɑn ˈtʃɑn /

noun

1. the site of the ancient capital city of the Chimu people, near the modern city of Trujillo, Peru, characterized by large walled enclosures and houses made of unfired mud brick covered with frescoes in brilliant colors.

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Example Sentences

The complex is the second largest mud-brick city in Peru after Chan Chan in the north of the Andean country.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered the remains of 25 people in the ancient city of Chan Chan.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021

Six hundred years ago, Chan Chan in Northern Peru was the largest metropolis in the Americas.

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

The site was less than a kilometer — about a 15-minute walk — from the ancient Chimú metropolis of Chan Chan, the largest city in pre-Columbian South America.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019

Minchacaman was a powerful figure who could have taken In this rare aerial photograph—taken in 1931, before modern looting blasted the site—the ruined Chimor capital of Chan Chan sprawls across the northern Peruvian coast.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann